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SAVE THE CHILDREN WELCOMES FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN PAKISTAN AID APPEAL
Toronto, 4 October 2022– The UN’s decision to increase the appeal for aid in response to the Pakistan floods from US $160 million to $816 million will mean humanitarian organizations and the Pakistan Government can better help families in need as the country faces a major public health emergency, said Save the Children.
Time running out for millions of people threatened by environmental 'ticking time bomb' off Yemen's coast
Toronto, 21 September – As the wild weather of winter approaches, over one million barrels of crude oil are at risk of spilling into the Red Sea from the FSO Safer, a supertanker that has been rusting away off Yemen's coast since 2015, Save the Children warned today.
Children’s health and education at risk as severe cholera outbreak spreads in Syria
Toronto, 20 September 2022 – Thousands of children across eastern and northern Syria are at risk from a rapidly spreading outbreak of cholera caused by water shortages linked to climate change and conflict and the use of contaminated water from the Euphrates River, Save the Children said today.
Canada’s Minister of International Development visits Lebanon to assess the impact of the country’s crises on education
Toronto, August 17 2022 – Today, Save the Children welcomed the Minister of International Development of Canada, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, and the Ambassador of Canada to Lebanon, Chantal Chastenay, to the Mouvement Social Center in Saida, Lebanon. The center is supported by Save the Children through the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) fund that ensures that vulnerable children are supported to learn despite the multiple crises affecting them and their families.
